page_title: Chernigov Governorate
section_title: Language
hierarchical_section_title: Chernigov Governorate / Language
caption_attribution_description: English: Ethnic groups Chernihiv province according to Census 1897 Українська: Етнічний склад населення Чернігівської губернії згідно перепису 1897 р.
context_page_description: The Chernigov Governorate, also known as the Government of Chernigov, was a guberniya in the historical Left-bank Ukraine region of the Russian Empire, which was officially created in 1802 from the Malorossiya Governorate with an administrative centre of Chernigov. The Little Russian Governorate was transformed into the General Government of Little Russia and consisted of Chernigov Governorate, Poltava Governorate, and later Kharkov Governorate.
  Chernigov Governorate borders are roughly consistent with the modern Chernihiv Oblast, but also included a large section of Sumy Oblast and smaller sections of the Kiev Oblast of Ukraine, in addition to most of the Bryansk Oblast, Russia.
context_section_description: By the Imperial census of 1897. In bold are languages spoken by more people than the state language.
caption: Imperial census of 1897.
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